Lot 140

Fine Assembled Pair Federal Trick Leg Card Tables

Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
possibly shop ofÿDuncan Phyfe, 1805-1815, each with highly figured mahogany veneers, treble elliptic tops, over fine leaf carved urn supports, on leaf carved and reeded legs with brass paw casters, rear legs both with trick mechanism hinging back to support the fold over leaf, figured and paneled skirts with gilt lower bead, 29 x 35-3/4 x 17-3/4 in.Note: While these tables have different family histories, they are very closely matched and nearly identical in every detail; even the central panels on the skirts have matching designs with astragal corners on the inset veneer panels. Each is finely constructed with thick, heavy mahogany framing. There is a very slight variation to the carved element at the base of each urn. A trick leg table of similar form is illustrated in Peter Kenny, Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York, plate 11. Kenny notes that tables of this form were made by Phyfe as well as by Michael Allison, John Dolan, George Woodruff,ÿand Steven and Moses Young.ÿ; Provenance: Ginsburg & Levy, New York, purchased October 1968 for $17,500 (accompanied by original receipt). The receipt indicates that one table descended in the Iselin family of New York; the other belonged to Jacob Delaplaine (1765-1835) of New Rochelle, who married Phila Pell of Pelham Manor; The Estate of William N. Banks, Jr., Newnan, Georgia

Condition

surviving in fine condition with no structural repairs or breaks to legs found, both have significant shrinkage cracks to veneers on tops with resulting separations and some small areas of color retouch, repairs and restorations to veneer banding on tops, with some retouch and color variation, other scattered minor veneer distress, some light bumps and wear to legs, one table with early pencil inscription to underside "Mrs. J.W.?... Flushing, LI", very minor patches at hinge attachments